That Was Easter?

Not one smidgen of chocolate...

Not one hard boiled egg...

Not one person walking in our door.

Seriously, that was Easter?

I was hesitant to get out of bed.

I was afraid that once I celebrated the resurrection of Christ,

it would be all down hill.

Then my phone rang.  

It was my oldest son, Michael.  

We had a wonderful, long talk.

I talked to Andy.

He and Locklan spent the night at camp, 

they came  home early that morning.

Mindy and Tony announced they were dropping off our Easter dinner...

We had ham AND turkey,scalloped potatoes, gravy, asparagus

AND we got to see Henry, sitting in his car seat!

Later we got to see this...

Isn't he adorable?

Andy and Ashley took the kids on a bike ride...

It was such a beautiful day and they were able to observe social distancing!

Yesterday evening, I called Andy to tell him I was on my way 

to do a

 driveway drop off of the kids Easter cards.

Andy and Ashley let the kids out in the yard so I could see them

I got to facetime Henry,

Talk to my mom for nearly an hour,

Watch a few Brit-coms

and that was Easter

without a smidgen of chocolate!

Stay inside, stay healthy, stay safe!

It's Christmas Adam!

I have a long time friend who raised four kids of her own...

And adopted four more!

When they grew up, one of them coined the phrase Christmas Adam...

Cause everyone know that Adam came before Eve!

Like an ear  worm, it sticks in my ear...

Every year I not only celebrate, but I wish Happy Christmas Adam to everyone in my path...

And explain it to all...

So...

Happy Christmas Adam to all out there!

I'm busy again today but want to share these images with you...

And this...the ghost of Christmas past...

Guess I have to explain...

We joke that Tony has more outlets on the outside of his house than he does inside...

I have always wanted to plug something into one of the outlets as a prank...

Last night while they were inside watching TV,

I drove down there with not only a dog dressed as Santa, but my traditional 10 foot ghost...

They had no clue until the guy across the street called them and since the ghost was around the corner of the house, and they looked out the front door, they didn't even know about the ghost!

Family tradition...

Mark was always pulling pranks on the neighbors!

I just got a Christmas card yesterday from an old friend who reminded me of the time Mark told her kids that Rudolph threw up on their front porch...that was 25 years ago.

I'm off to finish my chores...

Happy Christmas Adam!

I'll Buy My Own

Came across this on Facebook...

I don't know if I ever shared it or not, but I insisted my boys 

let me pretend that they weren't pretending to believe in Santa until they were...

Probably in junior high!

Seriously!

Well maybe not junior high...

But a long time!

We had a  Christmas Eve routine, Mark would read them a Christmas Story and then

as soon as I heard them all snoring, I would go back downstairs and do my 

Santa Magic.

Santa, the elves and occasionally the reindeer would get into mischief

of some kind, write a letter to the kids and drop off presents.

One year Santa snuck into the bedrooms and sprinkled sleepy dust on everyone.

Mark had a tough time forgiving me for the glitter that lingered for months!

One year the boys took so long to fall asleep that the reindeer got into a food fight on the front porch...

Yes, I threw grated carrots all over the front porch...

I still wonder what the passing car driver thought as I put on Mark's size 13 boots and made footprints in the new snow on the porch roof!

The letters were always the last thing I did (at 3AM) before heading to bed...

Just a recap of the year...a reminder to keep their rooms tidy...

Now there are grand kids.  

I can sleep on Christmas Eve,

and let my kids work Santa Magic...

I got off easy, now there is Elf on the Shelf...

I only had to do one night...

As far as believing...

Even though I know that Jesus is the reason for the season...

I'll still buy my own underwear